How Many People Are Named Therese?
people named Therese are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 14,852 people in the US has this name
Based on 35,595 babies named Therese in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,211 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
German and Scandinavian variant of THERESA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Therese in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Therese alive today is about 60 years old, and 67% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 54 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Therese first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1959, to 1,211 babies. In 2025, 79 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Therese has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #220, in 1927. In 2025 it ranked #2,324.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,324 |
| Best rank | #220 (1927) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #285 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Therese alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Therese were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 2,730 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Therese was given 5.6 times as often in Rhode Island, 5.3 times in New Hampshire and 4.4 times in Maine.
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